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Voyage
Transportation
Richard Leworthy was transported on the Champion, departing 24th May 1827 and arriving 17th Oct 1827 with 128 passengers.
Champion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 186 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey: RICHARD LEEWORTHY, Theft > stealing from master, 22nd October 1823. Reference Number: t18231022-37 Offence: Theft > stealing from master Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation Before Mr. Justice Park. RICHARD LEEWORTHY was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of August, five sovereigns, the monies of William Newling, his master and employer. WILLIAM NEWLING. I am a tailor , and live in the Commercial-road, the prisoner was my apprentice, I took him from the Refuge for the Destitute, three months before this - he had been there two years - he behaved well. On the 28th of August, I gave him five sovereigns to pay Mr. Wells, of Bishopsgate-street - he never returned. I found him three weeks afterwards at a public-house at Windsor, in consequence of information, and charged him with it - he acknowledged it, and said he would not do it again, that he had spent it all but 18 d., which he gave me. WILLIAM ONYON. I am in Mr. Wells's service, and attend in the shop. Newling was indebted to my master, in August last - the prisoner brought no money on the 28th; he had been at the shop several times previous, but not on that day, nor since. GUILTY. Aged 14. Transported for Fourteen Years. 1833: TOL Parramatta Richard was a Tailor in George Street, Sydney. 1845: Married Janet Boland at Sydney – no children listed. Janet died in 1860. 1873: District Grand Secretary of the Masonic Lodge – but a member long before that. 16/11/1887: Richard died at St. Leonards, Sydney.